Where does “Bir” come from?

Bir (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German bira, from Vulgar Latin pira, from Latin pirum — a pear.

Bir (Luxembourgish): pear

Definitions

  1. pear

Ancestry of “Bir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbirapear
2Vulgar Latinpira
3Latinpiruma pear

Words derived from “Bir

Every word from Latin pirumEvery word from Vulgar Latin piraEvery word from Old High German bira